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- 1. Multiple Choice
Use the map above to indicate the location of Rome.
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- 2. Multiple Choice
Roman audiences enjoyed public entertainment
In the Forum on Capitoline Hill
In temples and at the Forum
On the Palatine and Pont du Gard
In the Colosseum or at Circus Maximus
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the primary purpose of an aqueduct?
Allowed people and animals to cross valleys
Delivered water to cities
Was designed as a place for gladiators to fight in public
Used on a battlefield to conquer land
- 4. Multiple Choice
Rome’s 200 years of peace was called the _____.
Age of Augustus
Resurrection
Pax Romana
Crucifixion
- 5. Multiple Choice
Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow...
Senators to get to the Senate.
Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.
Merchants to travel safely.
Slaves to travel into the countryside.
- 6. Multiple Choice
This map shows the expansion of the Roman Empire. Which of the following statements is true?
The Roman Empire started around the city of Rome, and expanded outwardly.
The Roman Empire started in the West and expanded to the East.
The Roman Empire began to decline because it had little influence over the areas where it expanded.
The Roman Empire started on the outskirts of Europe and expanded inwardly towards the city of Rome.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How were Gladiators chosen to fight at the Colosseum?
Most Gladiators were plebeians
Patricians would volunteer to fight for glory
Gladiators were prisoners or slaves
Roman soldiers who wanted to leave the military early
- 8. Multiple Choice
A government in which there is one supreme ruler, or a small group who rules, is known as ____.
Democracy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Republic
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who was Rome's first emperor?
Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus
Romulus
Remus
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who founded Rome?
Boudicca
Romulus
Remus
Rhea
- 11. Multiple Choice
When was Rome founded?
753 BC
856 BC
653 BC
945 BC
- 12. Multiple Choice
Roman soldiers had to be at least __ years old.
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40
25
20
- 13. Multiple Choice
The soldiers had to serve the Roman Army for __ years.
60
25
4
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- 14. Multiple Choice
Why did Boudicca try to fight the Romans?
Because the Romans took her land and hurt her in public
Because she liked war
Because she didn't want the Romans to conquer Britain
No one knows
- 15. Multiple Choice
What language did the Romans speak?
Italian
Romanian
Latin
Romani
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Romans wore ______ and _____.
Tunics and togas
Shirts and pants
Animal skin and leaves
Dresses and shorts
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